Hypolimnas salmacis Drury, 1773 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypolimnas salmacis Drury, 1773

Hypolimnas salmacis Drury, 1773

The blue diadem, Hypolimnas salmacis, is a nymphalid butterfly found across much of sub-Saharan Africa, whose larvae feed on specific Urera and Fleurya plants.

Family
Genus
Hypolimnas
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hypolimnas salmacis Drury, 1773

Hypolimnas salmacis, commonly known as the blue diadem, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. This species was first described by Drury in 1773. It can be found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania. The larvae of Hypolimnas salmacis feed on Urera hypselodendron, Urera trinervis, and plant species from the genus Fleurya.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Hypolimnas

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